God & transgender (Part 3)
Do you think Jesus experienced the same temptation that many transgender people face? Jesus is God—all-powerful, eternal, present everywhere—but two thousand years ago, when he took on flesh, Jesus humbled himself and experienced the weaknesses of the human body. He got hungry, thirsty, tired, exhausted, sad, sorrowful, and overwhelmed. Look how Paul puts it in […]
God & transgender (Part 2)
If God created us “male and female” and declared that our genders are “very good” (Genesis 1:27,31), why do so many people—even God-fearing, Spirit-filled followers of Jesus—struggle so much with gender? The answer comes in Genesis chapter 3 when the first male and female fell into sin and gender forever fell apart in the process. […]
God & transgender (Part 1)
How should Christians approach their transgender questions? When we (or someone we love) feel a disconnect between our brains and our biological bodies, what does God want us to do? Let’s tackle those questions in a series of devotions over the next few days. The best place to start with questions about transgender is the […]
Because God said so
“Because I said so.” Were you ever on the receiving end of that statement as a kid? Your dad asked you to do something, you responded with “But why?,” and he replied, “Because I said so.” Boom. End of discussion. It’s such an unsatisfactory answer, isn’t it? We all want to understand the reasoning behind […]
Josiah, the boy king
Was there ever a child champion like Josiah, who became king of Judah as a second grader? His father, an evil man, was assassinated after a short two-year reign, and suddenly Josiah’s little head had to bear the weight of a big crown: “Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned […]
God’s Got This!
Sometimes God lets you fall
You know, all Christians, me included, really like the passages in Scripture that talk about God’s rescuing activity. We adore the stories of Daniel and his lions, David and the giant Goliath, Jonah’s underwater weekend, Jesus’ five thousand lunch guests, and Jairus’ dead sixth-grade daughter coming back to life. Personally I love passages like “the […]
Dishonest scales
When I step on the bathroom scale, I generally don’t like the readout. I’ve tried pulling myself up a little with the towel bar to get a better number. But that’s cheating. “The Lord detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him” (Proverbs 11:1). God hates any kind of fraud. Fraudulent practices have […]